Day 1: Leave Talbot; Arrive Sea Lake

We moved out of our house in East Malvern on Thursday March 24. We then spent a relaxing week in our little Talbot house preparing the car, van and sorting out household contents, before finally setting off on a "trial" trip to Broken Hill.
We left on Thursday March 31. We stopped at Moliagul for lunch, which is a little town north of Maryborough and Dunolly. But a very special town because it is where the Welcome Stranger nugget was found - the largest gold nugget that has ever been found in the world - 72KG.

We drove on to Sea Lake where the book said there was a free camping spot. We plugged the coordinates into our GPS and got close, but ended up driving into someone's field. We picked a wild melon before driving on to find a nice spot to camp. It was great. Very remote. Didn't see anyone else the whole time we were there. No facilities though, so we had to rough it. But that was no problem - for one night anyway.
Look carefully at this next photo. You can just see the Avan at the end of the track.

Our camp site at Sea Lake

 

Judith, Spike and Princess walking at dusk



The interesting landscape at Sea Lake

The dogs are travelling well so far. They are good company and are mostly well behaved. Being 15 years old, they sleep most of the day now and don't get excited about terribly much any more. However, Princess found something that took her fancy at the Sea Lake site and dug a hole for about half an hour. Most unusual for our dog.